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June 28, 2018
In two memos in advance of today's open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker recommended that a rulemaking be opened to address how a generator's capacity is counted for purposes of compliance with various market share thresholds and limitations under PURA
May 31, 2018
Notes "Slight" Increase In Competitive Retail Customer Bills Of Other ERCOT LSEs From Proposal
Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Lone Star Transmission, LLC have filed a petition at the Texas PUC for: (1) approval to transfer and integrate Rayburn's load and related transmission assets currently in the Eastern Interconnection (Southwest Power Pool) to the Electric Reliability…
April 23, 2018
The Pennsylvania PUC granted Clearwater Enterprises, L.L.C. d/b/a Clearwater Energy Services a retail natural gas supplier license to serve large commercial customers (6,000 Mcf or more annually), industrial customers, and governmental customers at Columbia Gas.
April 20, 2018
The Nevada PUC has posted a final draft report on the Energy Choice Initiative, a ballot initiative which, if approved, would extend to all customers the right to choose their electricity supplier.
March 8, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas today approved the integration of 470 MW of Lubbock Power & Light's load into ERCOT
March 8, 2018
Retail Market Participation Should Be "Condition[ed]" On Retail Offerings That "Align" With State Goals Of Renewables, Energy Efficiency
March 1, 2018
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is predicting record-breaking peak usage this summer driven by the strong Texas economy.
February 16, 2018
Commissioners of the Texas PUC agreed yesterday to open a rulemaking to generically look at issues implicated from utilities seeking to join ERCOT
February 15, 2018
This story was first published on February 15, with an alert to our email alert subscribers
February 9, 2018
LP&L Agrees That If City Council Adopts Retail Choice, Decision Is Irrevocable
Lubbock Power & Light has filed with the Texas PUC an unopposed stipulation which would approve its transition of the majority of its load to ERCOT, subject to terms in the stipulation.
January 12, 2018
The Lubbock, Texas City Council passed a resolution which expresses an "intent" to provide retail electric customer choice to the 470 MW of load at Lubbock Power & Light which the utility is seeking to have transitioned to ERCOT from SPP.
January 9, 2018
FERC rejected a request from the U.S. Department of Energy to adopt a cost-of-service rate to provide non-market compensation to resources in RTOs for the, "reliability, resiliency, and on-site fuel assurance," provided by such resources, but FERC ordered further investigation of grid resiliency…
January 3, 2018
LP&L, Texas' 3rd Largest Municipal Utility, Supports Move To Retail Electric Choice
In testimony filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas concerning Lubbock Power & Light's sought transition from the Southwest Power Pool to ERCOT, Daniel Pope, Mayor of the City of Lubbock, stated an, "intent to pursue retail customer choice for City of Lubbock ('Lubbock') electric…
December 22, 2017
East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ETEC) petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas for approval for ETEC to transfer two wholesale delivery points, totaling 35 megawatts (MW) of load, into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) from the Southwest Power Pool (SPP).
December 13, 2017
The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) has requested that the presiding ALJs in the New York PSC's evidentiary proceeding reviewing the retail energy mass market issue a subpoena to the New York State Office of General Services (OGS) to produce responses to prior requests for admissions…
November 29, 2017
ARM: Adopting NOIE Load Zone For LP&L Would Create Barrier To Any Future Move To Retail Choice
In testimony concerning Lubbock Power & Light's proposed transition from SPP to ERCOT, the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel said that approval of such move should be conditioned on, among other things, LP&L funding an independent study of the costs and benefits of adopting retail choice in…
June 23, 2017
Texas PUC Assigns Docket To Consider Issues Related To Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative's Sought Move To Join ERCOT
June 7, 2017
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce has selected Direct Energy as an Affinity Partner for its 1,000+ members who will now have access to Direct Energy's electricity and natural gas plans, as well as a suite of energy management products that help make businesses better.
April 4, 2017
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval announced his appointments to the Governor’s Committee on Energy Choice.
January 4, 2017
Geothermal and renewable energy developer Ormat Technologies, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the business and assets of Viridity Energy, Inc., a privately held company specializing in demand response, energy management and energy…
December 8, 2016
Clearview Energy announced that it now offers free home electric vehicle (EV) charging, in certain hours, for all of its customers.
November 18, 2016
FERC has adopted a hard cap of $2,000/MWh for the energy markets in all the FERC-jurisdictional RTOs, with offers up to $2,000/MWh permitted to set LMP, and offers in excess of $2,000/MWh also permitted but with offers in excess of $2,000/MWh not setting LMP and addressed instead through make-whole…
October 24, 2016
Staff Draft Finds Current TDU Ratemaking Working Well
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft report to legislators to accompany a consultant's report concerning alternative ratemaking in Texas
October 19, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said that it approved a final order in response to a petition from Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) and has exempted certain specified transactions of SPP from the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations, with the exception of the CFTC’s…
October 14, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association announced that Robert "Bob" Hall III, Texas State Senator for District 2, will provide a keynote address at NEM's Fall Leadership Roundtable , to be held October 26 to October 28, 2016 in Austin, Texas
